anaheim-gazette 1951-06-07

4 Anaheim Gazette THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1951 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, at 259 East Center, Anaheim, California. Phone Anaheim 2206. Entered as second-class matter at the Anaheim, California, Postoffice on June 5, 1869, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Gazette is a member of the Associated Press, the National Editorial Association, and California Newspaper Publishers Association. All rights herein are reserved. Subscriptions: $0 per month by carrier or $5 per year by carrier or mail. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all A.P. news dispatches. THEODORE B. KUCHEL MAX BESLER LEONARD KREIDT NEIL STANLEY G.E. MILLER MARY ROULAND RALPH ROULAND LUCY HUBBARD Oh, unhappy days... America's first department store—the door-to-door peddler—has fallen on rough times. His occupational hazards used to be flat feet, angry watch dogs, and elderly housewives who would listen to him give a half-hour sales spiel and then say: "Young man, I can't hear a word you're saying. I'm deaf. But whatever you're selling, we don't want any." But today his greatest problems are local ordinances adopted by some 400 communities that ban most house-to-house salesmen altogether. The U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled that towns have a right to do this. This action shows how far the litterant peddler has fallen in public favor—and how the pattern of our lives has changed. ing on when you already had a newspaper? Why count on him for gossip when you could pick up a telephone and find out more yourself? The old free-and-easy relationship between householder and peddler also deteriorated because too many cheap racketeers entered the field. Unregulated and unlicensed in many communities, they peddled things like fake oil stocks and grass seed "guaranteed to grow grass only two inches tall. They came by once, collected—and never came again. The faith in the old-fashioned peddler began to die out. The stranger at the door became a nuisance to more and more people. Housewives have become more chary of opening their doors to a stranger. Then did WASHINGTON—General Arthur's trip to Texas next is much more than a visit to miring friends. Actually, it carefully timed test of popularity to see whether general's backers should go further in their latent place push him for the presidency. One of the men behind Texas trip is Congressman "Doc" Miller of Nebraska, same GOP leader who promo MacArthur for president 1948. It was partly on greesman Miller's urging MacArthur entered the Wisin and Nebraska primaries. Both primaries proved an appointment, and MacArthur that his Republican friends let him down. Earlier, in T he general had talked with timistic visiting politicians predicted that the American people would rise up almost immediately to draft him. MacArthur had even told Lieut. Gen. R. Eichelberger, then in Tokyo, he expected to be summoned to the United States during GOP convention in 1948 and he, Eichelberger, should be paired to take over as commander of Japan. However, MacArthur headiers during the 1948 convention proved to be the emptiest pla Philadelphia, and MacArthur felt that the party had taken up on the high mountain. Therefore, his close friend now say that this time doesn't say that this time But whatever you're selling, we don't want any." But today his greatest problems are local ordinances adopted by some 400 communities that ban most house-to-house salesmen altogether. The U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled that towns have a right to do this. This action shows how far the itinerant peddler has fallen in public favor—and how the pattern of our lives has changed. The Yankee peddler is as old as the nation. In the beginning he was a kind of traveling troubador of commerce, carrying his wares upon his back from one wilderness community to another. He was a welcome figure indeed to lonely dwellers in the backwoods. The menfolk would halt their work to hear his gossip of politics and high life in the towns. The womenfolk loved to see him open his magic pack and bring out his glittering merchandise—needles, thread, gay fabrics, strange toys. And after the ecstasy of bargaining was done, the peddler sat down to a big free home-cooked meal, and then trudged on his way. Later, as he prospered, he bought a horse and cart and added a line of patent medicines. But he still was welcome; his visits helped keep people in touch with events beyond their own neighborhoods. And the hospitality of most households was still expressed by the phrase, "welcome, stranger." The peddler declined in importance as the country grew, as the railroad and the automobile sewed the town and countryside together. Why buy from the peddler when you had a bigger choice at a nearby general or department store? Why ask him what was go- IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago Mr. Bittner returned from the coal mine in Santiago canyon yesterday evening. The account he gives of the mines is not very The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mitchell after the regular meeting of the Lodge, so that guests who were non-members could be present. The lodges licensed in many communities, they peddled things like fake oil stocks and grass seed "guaranteed to grow grass only two inches tall. They came by once, collected—and never came again. The faith in the old-fashioned peddler began to die out. The stranger at the door became a nuisance to more and more people. Housewives have become more chary of opening their doors to a stranger. They don't know whether he is a criminal casing their homes for a future robbery, or just a poor but honest old man trying to work his son's way through college. Trust in strangers is dying out in modern times. The home today has everything but a drawbridge to protect it from intrusion. Peddlers, not only have to worry about signs warning "Beware—bad dog!" Doors have chain locks. Housewives open little panels in the door, glare out and say, "Go away, whoever you are. This is laundry day. I'm busy." In all this there is a superb irony to the old-style house-to-house salesman. For what is really defeating him most isn't chain locks, or local ordinances, or the U.S. Supreme Court. It is progress—something called radio and television. The smart peddler today is taking voice lessons instead of foot-strengthening exercises. Why get fallen arches going from door to door when you can get on a television program and bray your sales message into 10,000 living rooms at once? So far the U.S. Supreme Court hasn't taken up the problem of the peddler who travels from living room to living room on his vocal chords. No television cameras were focused on Chicago business; George S. May, affiliate of raveeters, when he testified before the Senate Crime committee. Even the newsmen were bad as May was called to explain pay-offs to the racketeers for the gambling profits of his T.O'Shanter club in the Chicago suburbs. May allegedly paid per cent of his slot-machine tilt to racketeer Ed Vogel, C.County slot-machine king. But this he did no talking. He did talk freely about efficiency-expert business, George S. May company, which has handled contracts for corporations, city government and even foreign governments. However, he was mum on questions that might lead to dealings with the racketeers even refused to tell whether was a member of a golf club. This got under the skin of crusading Senator from N.Hampshire, Charles Tobey, who exploded: "Evidently this bird is going." IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago Mr. Bittner returned from the coal mine in Santiago canyon yesterday evening. The account he gives of the mines is not very flattering. Mr. Bush of the firm of Bush and Simms of Santa Ana, has left the saloon business and located himself on a bee ranch in Trabuca canyon. A heavy rain fell in Santiago canyon on Thursday night, much to the disgust of the mining party which was gathered there. If there is any one in town whom proverb prevents him from taking a daily paper, we will gladly furnish him with one rather than have him steal from the door steps of our subscribers. As soon as the noise and bustle of the big show, Yeclept the Centennial, has lost its charm, the usual summer influx of visitors to semi-tropical California may be expected. Mr. Olden thinks that in about six weeks the advance guard of the great army of land buyers will commence their inroads. The marriage of Fred Dalton to Miss Maud A. Sullivan, at Good Templars hall last evening, was witnessed by a multitude of friends of the bride and groom. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mitchell after the regular meeting of the Lodge, so that guests who were non-members could be present. The lodges of Orange and Santa Ana were at the hall in full force. The Gazette extends congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Dalton and wishes them a happy and prosperous career. Mr. Dr. Higgins is in San Francisco attending a course of lectures in the medical department of the University college: 50 Years Ago Otto Rust and family departed Tuesday for the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. They will be absent for five or six weeks. The Turner Sisterhood will have an entertainment at Turner Hall the evening of June 16, on which occasion a silk banner will be presented to the Turners. This banner will be taken by them to San Diego for the state meet the latter part of the monh. Tuesday night, June 11, the senior farce, "The Snowball," will be given by pupils of the high school at Reiser's opera house. The commencement exercises will take place on Friday evening, June 14. At 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, at the Christian church, a baccalaureate sermon will be delivered to the graduating class by Rev. 25 Years Ago Tuesday evening, Dr. Benjamin S. Haywood, of the White Temple Methodist church united in marriage Ruth Campo Bandini and Ned Virgil Tanner. The service was performed at the bridge home, 209 N. Citron and was witnessed by intimate friends of both parties. Mrs. Chloe Howe, Ms. Betty West and Master Glim Bandini were among the guests. The ring service was used. After a brief honeymoon the home was established in Anaheim. Mr. Tanner is sales superintendent to one of the oil companies and the bride has been connected with Southern Counties Gas Company. All dogs in San Diego county must be vaccinated against rabies according to a new ordinance passed by the supervisors. Work on the four-mile pavilion contract in Santa Ana canyon began this week. The U.S. Concrete Pipe and Construction Co. was awarded the contract at a figure of $130,000. WASHINGTON—General MacArthur's trip to Texas next week much more than a visit to adoring friends. Actually, it is a fully timed test of political popularity to see whether the general's backers should go any further in their latent plans to push him for the presidency. One of the men behind the Texas trip is Congressman Al Doc" Miller of Nebraska, the same GOP leader who promoted MacArthur for president in 1948. It was partly on Congressman Miller's urging that MacArthur entered the Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries. Both primaries proved a disappointment, and MacArthur felt his Republican friends had him down. Earlier, in Tokyo, general had talked with opistic visiting politicians who predicted that the American mole would rise up almost unannuously to draft him. MacArthur even told Lieut. Gen. Robert Helberger, then in Tokyo, that expected to be summoned back the United States during the convention in 1948 and that Eichelberger, should be pre-ready to take over as commander Japan. However, MacArthur headquartered during the 1948 convention and to be the emptiest place in Philadelphia, and MacArthur that the party had taken him on the high mountain. THANK HEAVENS FOR THE-TWO PARTY SYSTEM FRENCH ELECTION JUNE IT 4000 CANDIDATES 100 POLITICAL PARTIES 621 ASSEMBLY SEATS Home-Makers' Forum By JOAN S. WHITE Gazette Home Economist Once the visit to Chicago was disappointing, in that general aid to fill Soldier's Field; and by the trip to Murfreesboro, also failed to fill the local sum, the Texas visit will be extremely important. Texas has raised a tremendous ovation, if it goes over big, his close local backers hope that MacArthur will let his campaign cap assessed into the ring. Chicago Crime Television cameras were foiled on Chicago businessman George S. May, affiliate of rackets, when he testified before Senate Crime committee. The newsmen were barred away was called to explain his efforts to the racketeers from gambling profits of his Tamunter club in the Chicagoubs. May allegedly paid 40 percent of his slot-machine take racketeer Ed Vogel, Cook City slot-machine king. But on one did no talking. Did talk freely about hisency-expert business, the George S. May company, which handled contracts for big operations, city governments even foreign governments. Ever, he was mum on all ones that might lead to hisugs with the racketeers and refused to tell whether he was member of a golf club. Is got under the skin of the leading Senator from Newshire, Charles Tobey, who died: "Indently this bird is going to do everything but answer questions. We are wasting time. He has been in cahoots with gambling and all the crooked elements." "He goes and plays with the scum of the earth, and we are not supposed to find out about it. Well, we will find out about it, and we will get it before we are through. Let me say one thing. Here is a man, George S. May, who stands before us and tells us about his great business enterprise, his nationwide advertising and that he is a respectable man. And yet, before a committee of his peers—a committee of the United States Senate—he hesitates to answer a simple question, 'Are you a member of a golf club?' Then, swinging around to May, Tobey blistered: "Before God, is your life so encumbered by these things that you cannot answer even a simple question of that sort? Why don't you come out in the open and say I'll give you everything you want to know. My life is an open book.' Then if your life is an open book and you are clean and honest, just spill it. Why do you want to cover up? What a position for a man to be in with his soul that he cannot answer such a simple question! What is all your money worth if you cannot look men in the face like the men who are sitting here? I would rather be dead than be in that position myself—with all your money and all your power!" May's face burned a flaming red. But he continued his refusal to answer questions. Washington Pipeline Senators have turned down a request from Vice-President Barkley for a new Cadillac limousine. They decided he can get Seemingly bent on disturbing our sleep is the new government order which places on allocation the amount of steel available for use in bed springs and inner spring mattresses. It will go into effect July 1. Don White, owner-manager of the Anaheim Mattress Factory who has been keeping a close eye on the situation, advises that if new bedding will be needed within the year, now is the time to take action. Yardstick Test There are few phases of home furnishings as important as the equipment for a good night's sleep. It is said that six hours of A-1 sleep on good bedding is worth ten hours on a lumpy mattress and sagging springs. To determine the adequacy of your present equipment for sleep, give your mattress and springs the yardstick test. That is, place a yardstick across the head of the springs or mattress and gradually push it down to the foot. If the bedding touches the stick at every point, your bedding is in good shape. If it dips below the stick or pushes the stick up, it is time to make some changes. Today, experience has inclined most people toward innerspring mattresses. The cotton mattress is almost out of sight due to the spiraling price of cotton and its comfort and length of life cannot be compared with that of an in-durability in bedding area known. While present stocks of materials last, Don can offer a cupped made mattress built to measurements in any size degree of firmness to suit particular requirement for than the average cost of a made mattress, and it will be an unconditional ten year guarantee. Many householders are owing the luxurious king size dress which measures six by seven feet. A mattress can be soft, medium, firm or to no pedic specifications. There are kinds of tickings from which choose. Re-built This is strictly a factory-to-order operation and low prices are effect because there is no man. And as a further saver the Anaheim Mattress Factory will re-build your old mattress about half the cost of a new Your old mattress will receive new ticking, new steel sprinkles and the cotton padding will be felted and cleaned. One day service is offered this operation, and here is how works; the householder calls appraiser to look at the mattress in question. Then on a day ago upon the old mattress, lumpy worn, will be picked up in morning, and will be returned L. Jenkins of Los Angeles. Graduates are Edith Banner-Alma Mills, Dora Snyder, Danser, Bernard Snyder, Jan Merritt and Welborn Up. S. Bradford and Walter left on Tuesday for a week's visit to Buffalo and points east. 25 Years Ago Saturday evening, Dr. Benjamin Crowood, of the White Temple dist church united in mar-Ruth Campo Bandini and Virgil Tanner. The service performed at the bride's 209 N. Citron and was witnessed by intimate friends of both Mrs. Chloe Howe, Miss West and Master Gilliman who were among the guests. Service was used. After honeymoon the home will be established in Anaheim. Mr. War is sales superintendent of the oil companies and the has been connected with the Farm Counties Gas Company. Dogs in San Diego county are vaccinated against rabies to a new ordinance by the supervisors. On the four-mile paving set in Santa Ana canyon at 11, began this week. The concrete Pipe and Construction was awarded the contract at a figure of $130,000. Washington Pipeline Senators have turned down a request from Vice-President Barkley for a new Cadillac limousine. They decided he can get along with his old 1949 Cadillac... The Dutch government has made discreet inquiries to find out whether it's true that "Call Me Madame" Perle Mesta may be the next American ambassador to Holland. The Dutch are not at all happy over this prospect... The Agriculture Department has requested that National Production Authority to tone down its reduction of steel allocations for farm machinery which would mean one-third fewer new farm machines next year. Secretary Brannan says the farms can't stand such a drastic cut... The Democraus kicked Senator McCarthy off the appropriations committee to make room for another Democrat. But his successor, Senator Robertson of Virginia, has been voting just as Republican as McCarthy. On Robertson's first day with the committee, he ignored his Democratic colleagues and gave his proxy to Republican Senator Cordon of Oregon... Black marketeteers will be unhappy to learn that price enforcement chief Ed Morgan has doubled the number of his agents. Their chief targets are the price-gougers in meat, automobiles and steel... The House Ways and Means committee is under terrific pressure from the oil and automobile labores to rescind its federal excise tax boost on gasoline from 1½ to 2 cents a gallon, as well as the increase of the excise on new motor cars from 7 to 10 per cent. However, the committee will probably keep the excise increase just the same. Today, experience has inclined most people toward innerspring mattresses. The cotton mattress is almost out of sight due to the spiraling price of cotton and its comfort and length of life cannot be compared with that of an innerspring. But talk about buying "a pig in a poke". With few pieces of household equipment are you so dependent on the dealer as when buying a mattress. You can test its comfort the day you buy it, but since it is completely enclosed there is not much to vouch for its wearability but your faith in the dealer and the guarantee that he gives you. King Size All of which leads us to sing the praises of the Anaheim Mattress Factory which is located at 102 W. La Palma Street. It is a small plant with but four employees and all are highly skilled craftsmen who put the emphasis on quality. Owner-manager Don White has learned the business from the ground up, starting as a stitcher, and since he took over the factory four years ago, business has tripled. He counts among his customers many of Orange county's larger motels and hotels whose rigid standards for comfort Atop the 2700 foot hill, United Nations forces dominate entrance ways to the Chorwon-Kumhwa Yonggang triangle. On their right is the Seoul-Chorwon highway, their right is the opening of onggang valley, which splits triangle. OBLONG VIEWS FROM AN EGG-SHAPED HEAD BY WALDO HUNTER ADVICE TO THIS year's crop of June graduates: Go out among em and jump into the fight. You are now entering a school which cares little for algebraic symbols or the parsing of sentences. It is a dog-eat-dog, I got mine, how'd you make out?, proposition from here on in. Trust in the Lord, treat your friends fair and square, disassociate yourself from your in-laws as soon as it is economically and tactfully possible, and by diligence, hard work and perserverance you may be able to pay your taxes at the age of 50. Maybe. THIS COLUMN once poked fun at that peculiar cult of young Americans known as "hot-rods", that group of mechanical wizards dedicated to the proposition that all automobile engines are not created equal but must be taken apart and probed into before being used on the road. It has now been brought to my attention that a "hot-rodder" in Anaheim, by tinkering and puttering with his car, has so rigged it that neither the trunk nor hood can be raised unless the operator is inside the car. This seems to be a remarkable device to baffle would-be thieves. We often rant and rave at the speeding "hot-rodder" without considering the fact that he, through experimentation, dissection, trial and error, knows more about the methyl-snorting contraption he drives than we do about the conventional automobile we own. Most of us conventional automobilists are abjectly ignorant of what goes under that hood, and we may as well face the fact. If this were not so, think of the garage and filling station men who would be out of work. When his automobile engine refuses to respond to the insistent grind of the starter pedal, the average guy is helpless. He checks the fuel, grovels around under the hood to see if all the wires are connected with the spark plugs, and that is the limit of his mechanical genius so far as the modern American automobile is concerned. Meanwhile, the wife, from the right front seat, shrills such questions as: "What's the matter . . . Why can't you fix it?" . . . quite logical questions under the circumstances. It is at this point that the inherent chivalry in man asserts itself, for in most cases he applies the wrench to the engine instead of to the wife. You mumble something about a generator, or oil filter, or clogged gas line, a shabby performance calculated to hide your When his automobile engine refuses to respond to the insistent grind of the starter pedal, the average guy is helpless. He checks the fuel, grovels around under the hood to see if all the wires are connected with the spark plugs, and that is the limit of his mechanical genius so far as the modern American automobile is concerned. Meanwhile, the wife, from the right front seat, shrills such questions as: "What's the matter... Why can't you fix it?" ... quite logical questions under the circumstances. It is at this point that the inherent chivalry in man asserts itself, for in most cases he applies the wrench to the engine instead of to the wife. You mumble something about a generator, or oil filter, or clogged gas line, a shabby performance calculated to hide your ignorance from the little lady who by this time, more than likely, has got out a powder puff and "things" from her bag and, while repairing her face while you try to repair the motor, recalls the oft-repeated phrase of her uncle Ralph that she should "never have got tangled up with such a dim-wit, anyhow." There follows the long walk down the hot roadside ... the low charge, and all those other grim little highlights of the family automobile in trouble by the wayside. And all the time, there is the mournful wall of the child in the back seat ... and the smirking glances of more fortunate motorists streaking past in Cadillacs, Lincolnns and Hillman-Minx's. NOW YOUR "hot-rodder" in such a predicament would be in his glory. With automotive knowledge born of many hours of tinkering, he would glance at the motor, tap a few things, cuss a little, and the obstinate contrivance would immediately come to violent life. So, let's not be too hard on these boys who drive "hot-rods" (a word which they don't like too well these days, preferring the more dignified "roadster" instead). Next time one of them streaks past you at 110 mph you at least have something to be thankful for. He could have been going 145. = Colony Quips= By the Gazette Farm Editor A GROUP OF FLORIDA growers and shippers got together the other day to elect some board members to represent them with the super-cooperative, Florida Citrus Mutual. Growers from four counties were represented and they re-elected, by acclamation, two of the three men who had represented them for the past year. The third man retired and picked another grower who was elected. Florida growers are happy and jubilant. They have just about completed another wonderful year—as far as MONEY return to the grower is concerned. And whatinell else matters? Here in California we are still working at cross purposes. One segment of the industry fights another. If you don't belong to my organization you are an untouchable. That same condition existed in Florida—BUT BEFORE Mutual. HERE IS THE way one of their outstanding growers and leaders, Lacy Thomas, views the Florida situation. He said he could remember the time, "not so long ago," when one industry group was aligned against another, when there was suspicion and distrust, growers believing that shippers were crooks, shippers thinking that producers were "dumb clucks" and all of them thinking that the canners had horns. But this chaotic condition of just a short time ago made all of us realize that we had to stabilize our business. Then we got sense, we set about organizing and Mutual was the result. I am gratified at the progress we have made in the last two years. HERE IS THE way one of their outstanding growers and leaders, Lacy Thomas, views the Florida situation. He said he could remember the time, "not so long ago," when one industry group was aligned against another, when there was suspicion and distrust, growers believing that shippers were crooks, shippers thinking that producers were "dumb clucks" and all of them thinking that the canners had horns. But this chaotic condition of just a short time ago made all of us realize that we had to stabilize our business. Then we got sense, we set about organizing and Mutual was the result. I am gratified at the progress we have made in the last two or three years. There is a broad understanding in the industry. Shippers realize now that the growers are not dumb—in fact shippers have thought at times that the growers were too smart. The growers are realizing that the shippers and the processors have a definite, fixed necessary and essential place in the industry. It is now conceded that all interests have to make a fair profit if the industry is to survive and prosper." NOW IF THE CALIFORNIA grower will just go back and study that quotation, word for word, sentence for sentence, going over it again and again, a new conception of what could take place right here in the California citrus industry will become apparent. There were some 400 shippers in Florida. They got together. There were about 20,000 growers. They got together. The result? Read over what Mr. Thomas says again. It can be done in California. It must be done in California. The Exchange can make it or break it. What will they choose to do? We doubt that the SMALL men who run the show are BIG enough to really help the industry here in California. California growers will not be aligned against one another very much longer. We don't want our fruit used to knock the price down on our neighbor's fruit. You can quote us on that. Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were about unchanged. REPRESENTATIVE PRICES BY SIZE: SUNKIST (First Grade): Size 100 126 150 176 200 220 252 288 344 7.85 8.01 7.58 6.19 5.04 4.40 4.21 3.58 CHOICE (Second Grade): Size 100 126 150 176 200 220 252 288 344 6.63 6.61 4.80 4.06 3.71 3.43 LOS ANGELES, June 7—GP—The Federal State Market News service reported today grapefruit slightly weaker on loose, about steady others; lemons about stedy packed, steady loose; oranges slightly weaker on loose, steady others.